Belt-fastening



R. MCULL-Y.'y @Belt-Fastening'.

patented Mar, 9, 1880- WJTNESSES: INVENTOR/ 1 M TORNE/g UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

' ROBERT MCOULLY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BELT-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 225,405, dated March 9, 1880. Application filed October 4, 1879.

To all whom t may concern y Beit known that I, ROBERT MOCULLY, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt- Fastenings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, in which- Figure lis a plan, partly in section, of my invention. Fig.2 is an enlarged horizontal section of the same, showing the parts in position for unloosening the belt. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of Fig. 1 on line w; Fig. 7, a face view of Fig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5 are horizontal sections of modifications of my invention, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of modification shown in Fig. 5.

The object of my invention is to" provide a belt-fastening to be substituted for the buckle ordinarily employed, such fastening having its operative or locking parts concealed from view when worn on the person, and being susceptible of rapid and easy manipulation to adjust the belt to which it is attached, and at the same time perfectly secure it when so adjusted.

My invention consists in the peculiar construction and combination of parts hereinafter referred to, havingreference, principally, to the t combination ofan exterior shell or case, a spring secured to said case and carrying a lockingstud, and a slide having adjusting-holes into which said stud enters to form the lock, said case and slide being designed to be attached to the respective ends of the belt for which the fastening is intended.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A in Fig. l indicates a belt of any suitable material, as metal, gatta-percha, or hard rubber,`

which may be bent or sprung to embrace the waist of a person, and which shall be stiff or rigid in the direction of its length, so that it may be pushed in such direction without yielding. B represents aflat slightly-curved plate of metal, to which is secured, by a hinge-connection at b, a metallic shell or sleeve, C, open from end to end, so as to permit the passage through it of the end a' of the belt, which is formed with adjusting-holes a, a a.

D is a spring, fastened to the plate B at d and to the sleeve C at d', the tendency of said spring being to draw said plate toward said sleeve. The end a2 of the belt is also fastened to the sleeve O by a rivet or rivets, c. On the spring D is a stud, d2, which passes through an opening in the outer wall, c2, of the sleeve C and through the end a2 of the belt, projecting across the passage-way through said sleeve. EE are lugs on theouter side of the sleeve O, designed and operating to limit the movement of the spring D outwardly or away from said sleeve.

The operation is as follows: To fasten the belt the end c is pushed in through the sleeve O, depressing the spring D, the inner end of the stud d2 being beveled, as shown, so as to permit the inward thrust of said end.. When the desired adjustment is secured the stud d2 springs into the opening a, with which it then registers. Any lengthwise pull or expansion now exerted on the belt will not have the effect of loosening the fastening, which remains perfectly secure. To undo the fastening the end c2 is taken hold of and held toward the person of the wearer, while the plate B is drawn outwardly, pulling the stud cl2 out of the opening a, in which it has been resting. The end c may now be drawn out endwise from the sleeve G.

A modification of the foregoing, in which i the stud is located on the plate instead of on the spring, is shown in Fig. et. F is the plate, hinged to the case G at g, and having on ,its rear side a keeper or loop, j', which embraces said case or sleeve and is provided with the stud f', which passes through an opening in the inner wall, g, of said sleeve or case. H is the hinge-connection between the plate and sleeve, and I the spring which presses said sleeve inwardly toward the cross-piecef2 of the keeper f. .Kis one end of the belt, riveted to the sleeve G at 7c, and K is the other end of said belt, having adjustingholes k. The operation of fastening the belt is the same as already described, andis accomplished by pushing the end K through the sleeve G until its properadjusting-hole registers with the stud f. To undo the fastening the end'K is pushed IOC outwardly or away from the cross-piece f2 and stud f', and then drawn out lengthwise; or the plate F may be pushed inwardly or toward the wearer, the end K being held fast against lateral movement meanwhile, and then pulled out endwise.

A further modification is shown in Figs. 5 and 6, Where the cross-piece f is extended a considerable distance 'along the back of the sleeve, forming the part L with stud Z', which is secured to the sleeve N by a spring-hinge connection m. The sleeve N in this modification is provided with two outwardly-projecting knobs, a a, projectingr over the external plate, O, as shown. In this modification the fastening operation is effected as already describedviz., by pushing through the sleevejN the end P', which has the adjusting-holesf/o, the other end of the belt, I?, being riveted in said sleeve at m. To undo the fastening the knobs n n are taken hold of andthe sleeve drawn away from the wearer or from the stud Z', the end P being then drawn lengthwise from said sleeve.

In said Fig. 6 I have shown the belt as composed of a ileXible material, such as cloth or leather, having metallic or other stiff ends, and such arrangement may be adopted throughout, if desired. In such case the slide will be an appendage to the belt, While, if rigid material be employed for the belt, the end of the latter having the adj Listing-holes will constitute the slide.

What I claim as my invention is- A belt-fastening composed of aplate, asleeve secured thereto by a hingeor yieldingconnection, a spring, a locking-stud, and a sliding part having adjusting-holes, constructed and combined for operation substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I 4o 

